how to pronounce conch

/kɒntʃ/

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conch is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of conch in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… also be stealing those conch-shell gold …”

meanings of conch

noun:

The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
A British Bahamian.
The shell of this sea animal.
A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate").

verb:

To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

conch frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word conch occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics conch can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that conch can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;